Alaska Range Mountaineering
Skyward Mountaineering has a special relationship with the Alaska Range, being the first guide service to successfully guide multiple routes there, including Ham and Eggs on the Moose’s Tooth, the Southwest Ridge of Peak 11,300 and the Harvard Route on Mt. Huntington. We customize each expedition to maximize team success, from the awe-inspiring flight into the Range to the Type I fun climbing and actualizing your goal on the summit of a massive mountain above a sea of ice.
The mountains in the Alaska Range are defined by exposed corniced ridgelines, runnels of ice and towering golden granite walls high above the glacier valley. Many routes require a large range of climbing techniques such as scratching up a rock buttress in crampons and ice tools, kicking steps on a sustained steep snow couloir and swinging ice tools into bulletproof alpine ice.
Our guides are expert alpine climbers with extensive experience guiding in the Alaska Range, our customized itineraries, proven track record and commitment to prepare you for the demands of expedition alpine climbing makes Skyward Mountaineering stand out as a leading guide service in this remote and challenging environment.
Ham and Eggs
Moose’s Tooth
Harvard Route
Mt. Huntington
SW Ridge
Peak 11,300
Kahiltna
Base Camp
Custom Expedition
Skyward Mountaineering offers guided mountaineering and alpine climbing throughout Denali National Park and the Alaska Range. Our access to these classic mountaineering and alpine climbing peaks in a remote setting combined with our decades of experience recreating and guiding in these mountains provide the backbone for all of our expeditions. Skyward Mountaineering has a proven track record of guiding some of the most challenging and classic alpine routes, such as the first guided ascents of Ham and Eggs on the Moose’s Tooth, Harvard Route on Mount Huntington, and the Bibler-Klewin route on Mount Hunter.
Skyward Mountaineering is an AMGA Accredited Business, that means we’ve gone through rigorous third party auditing to ensure the highest quality risk management, customer service, ethical business practices, and professionally trained guides.
Our guides are expert climbers and skiers with extensive training and personal experience on challenging ascents and descents around the world.
We are a small guide service offering customized programs based on decades of guiding and instructional experience.
Unparalleled logistics support from start to finish. Our office staff are climbers, skiers and mountain guides so when you call or email us we’ll give you honest and helpful information to increase the success and enjoyment of your trip.